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The Skolpa Scourge

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In 212 AVD the people of Fraza were stirred by the rise of a warlord named Skolpa, chief of the White Stag clan, who gathered warriors from many clans under his banner, all eager to fight. He was not shy of saying that the long peace had "blunted the wolf's tooth".¹

Hilda's prophecies

Skolpa had a seer, a young woman named Hilda, and he accepted her prophecies as words straight from the gods of the North. They sent his warband first against the mountain tribes and then against the island nations.¹

When the raids inevitably turned towards imperial lands, tension rose sharply. By every tradition Skolpa, who had rebelled against the Winterwolf clan and the Great Chief's agreement with the Empire, was a traitor. Yet he had brought back the old excitement of the wolf pack. Northerners were monster hunters and raiders, born to it, and the excitement spread through the lands of Fraza like a forest fire.¹

The raids

Guided by Hilda's prophecies, Skolpa led his army of northern raiders and the tamed war beasts of the North towards the Great Western Sea, burning and destroying the cities and towns of the Free Folk. Enriched by loot, fame and glory, and now a threat to The Empire, he cut the links between the Archon Academy, the Farr Islands and the Empire. His ruthless destruction of temples was unacceptable to the Empire, and the High Church demanded retribution.¹

The end of the raids

The raids lasted four years and ended in a bloody, decisive battle on the border of the free ports in the westernmost part of Westreach province, between the forces of the White Stag and the IV. Legion under Legatus Caelius Compte. The imperial forces crushed the northerners and took no prisoners. Skolpa's body was torn into five parts, and each was sent to an imperial province as a warning to all aggressors.¹

It is believed that Hilda's prophecies led Skolpa into so desperate a conflict, while some credit the victory to Imperial Intelligence and its cunning leader, Spymaster Einhart Lorenz. Knowing the truth is impossible.¹

Notlar

↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 16

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SSGLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide(Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 16

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